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Not your grandpa’s senior center: Besides bingo, there’s bodybuilding and speed dating

Not your grandpa’s senior center: Besides bingo, there’s bodybuilding and speed dating

by LaToya Cross | Mar 17, 2025 | Health Equity, Health Equity Featured

Members of the OPC Social & Activity Center in Rochester, Mich., walk on the indoor track while others play pickleball on the full-size gymnasium court below. The fitness center offers various activities for adults 50 and older, from team sports like pickleball...
Tony-winning actress uses theater to raise awareness about U.S. care economy

Tony-winning actress uses theater to raise awareness about U.S. care economy

by LaToya Cross | Oct 8, 2024 | Caregiving

“Our country is depriving us of care that other countries have access to,” Sarah Jones told the audience at Saint Andrews Hall. (Kashira Dowridge for Caring Across Generations) At the intersection of art and social impact, Sarah Jones’ current...
Ahead of the elections, care advocates take their mission on a road trip

Ahead of the elections, care advocates take their mission on a road trip

by LaToya Cross | Sep 14, 2024 | Caregiving

Michigan was among the swing states that the Care Can’t Wait coalition hit to address wages for caregivers and family policies. (Photos by Alejandro Ugalde Sandoval) Inside Detroit’s LOVE Building, voices impacted by the current care economy filled the air with...
Beloved photographer Grandma Techno turns the camera on her caregivers

Beloved photographer Grandma Techno turns the camera on her caregivers

by LaToya Cross | Aug 19, 2024 | Caregiving

Patricia Lay-Dorsey took this photo of her caregiver Sharnita Strickland cleaning her glasses last month after learning that her evening caregiver, Brenda Carpenter, tested positive for COVID that morning. Lay-Dorsey was reluctant to expose another caregiver to COVID...
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